desertion C1 Topic:People & Society US /dɪˈzɝʃən/ UK /dɪˈzɜːʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #24945 Meanings 1 noun The act of abandoning a person, duty, or cause that you should support. The soldier was punished for desertion after leaving his post. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of abandoning a... abandonmentdefection Word family Forms desertions Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French désertion. *ser- (bind) Proto-Indo-European désertion Middle French View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # desertion **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈzɝʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈzɜːʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 24945 ## Meanings 1. The act of abandoning a person, duty, or cause that you should support. ## Examples - The soldier was punished for desertion after leaving his post. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ser- (bind) - Root: désertion ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French désertion. ## AI Etymology Desertion is borrowed from Middle French désertion. In present-day use, it means the act of abandoning a person, duty, or cause that you should support. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown